Category: Sport

Louvre Fund has stepped in to sponsor Guernsey’s Under-15 football team, helping them to achieve their dream of playing in the 2014 Gothia Cup. The World Youth Cup is an annual football tournament held in Sweden and this year a squad of 20 young players from Guernsey has been entered. The Guernsey Football Association’s under-15 […]

Sponsorship from local businesses has made it possible for the Guernsey Sailing Trust to begin renewing its dinghy fleet. The Trust has recently replaced six of its ‘Laser Picos’ – a single handed dinghy that is very suitable for intermediate junior sailors. “Each year almost a thousand young people come to the Trust to receive […]

GUERNSEY Electricity is sponsoring the Guernsey leg of this year’s Tour de Ports de la Manche. The week-long regatta sets off on the 6 July from Granville and will mark the 30th year of the event. On the 8 July the Tour will sail from Guernsey to Barneville-Carteret in Normandy. The regatta is the biggest […]

James Travers won a thrilling Inter-Insular Triathlon in Jersey on Sunday morning. Travers, fresh from his win at the Deva Triathlon in Chester 2 weeks ago, came home only 8 seconds clear of second placed Jerseyman Tom Perchard. The event, sponsored by the Ana Leaf Foundation doubled as Guernsey’s first of two Island Games Selection […]

The sixth Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited Impi Shield Yacht Race will take place on the 5th July 2014 and is the only mid-distance sailing race to start and finish in Guernsey. Sponsored by the Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited, the race is hosted by the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Cub and is open to up to 15 […]

This Summer, Tri-Ultimate Guernsey is back! – Only bigger and better. On Sunday 7th September islanders will be digging out their swimming goggles, pumping up their tyres and dusting off their trainers for an action packed day of summer fun in order to raise funds for local charity Hope for a Child. Competitors will be […]

The Guernsey Sports Commission is encouraging young people to stay active this summer by taking part in their Quids in Sports Programme due to run during the School Holidays starting on the 23rd July. The Ray Lowe Sporting Foundation and Liberation Management Limited have sponsored the programme for the duration of 2014 and their continued support ensures that […]

Looking ahead to the Jersey 2015 Island Games, The Guernsey Island Games Association has announced the recipients of the 2014 Generali Worldwide sports bursaries. GIGA’s sponsor, Generali Worldwide provides financial support to Island Games sports on an annual basis and this year six sports will receive a bursary. Triathlon, tennis, table tennis, golf, archery and […]

Seasoned athletes from the Guernsey Triathlon Club (GTC) will be facing their Jersey counterparts in St Helier this weekend, Sunday 29 June, in the inter-insular triathlon. This event has been taking place between the islands since the local club formed in 1987 and is sponsored in both islands by the Ana Leaf Foundation. The previous […]

Five Real Madrid coaches are set to visit Guernsey to tutor over 300 children from around the Channel Islands as part of a summer football clinic sponsored by Carey Olsen. The initiative was first brought to the island by Romanillos & Cook Image Rights and has been made possible by the involvement of the Guernsey […]